URL:

https://news.com.com

Full analysis: https://app.any.run/tasks/c504dbce-da2a-44ce-b707-9e0112cb27cf
Verdict: Malicious activity
Analysis date: April 01, 2023, 09:54:42
OS: Windows 7 Professional Service Pack 1 (build: 7601, 32 bit)
Indicators:
MD5:

3AD50CE45350E49880BFC4DC5B33E55A

SHA1:

DEE73D523819912E8960792F5625EE2E5280162B

SHA256:

41B33C00E6A48C5A85BA1AE30DAB9AF85307EC12336E8397DC21276C09E67DB1

SSDEEP:

3:N8oLQKn:2oLQKn

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  • MALICIOUS

    No malicious indicators.

  • SUSPICIOUS

    No suspicious indicators.

  • INFO

    • Application launched itself

      • iexplore.exe (PID: 2880)

    • Create files in a temporary directory

      • iexplore.exe (PID: 2880)
      • iexplore.exe (PID: 2576)
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No Malware configuration.
No data.
screenshot
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Total processes
37
Monitored processes
2
Malicious processes
0
Suspicious processes
0

Behavior graph

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start iexplore.exe iexplore.exe

Process information

PID
CMD
Path
Indicators
Parent process
2576"C:\Program Files\Internet Explorer\iexplore.exe" SCODEF:2880 CREDAT:267521 /prefetch:2C:\Program Files\Internet Explorer\iexplore.exe
iexplore.exe
User:
admin
Company:
Microsoft Corporation
Integrity Level:
LOW
Description:
Internet Explorer
Exit code:
0
Version:
11.00.9600.16428 (winblue_gdr.131013-1700)
Modules
Images
c:\program files\internet explorer\iexplore.exe
c:\windows\system32\ntdll.dll
c:\windows\system32\kernel32.dll
c:\windows\system32\kernelbase.dll
c:\windows\system32\msvcrt.dll
c:\windows\system32\advapi32.dll
c:\windows\system32\api-ms-win-downlevel-advapi32-l1-1-0.dll
c:\windows\system32\sechost.dll
c:\windows\system32\iertutil.dll
c:\windows\system32\rpcrt4.dll
2880"C:\Program Files\Internet Explorer\iexplore.exe" "https://news.com.com"C:\Program Files\Internet Explorer\iexplore.exe
explorer.exe
User:
admin
Company:
Microsoft Corporation
Integrity Level:
MEDIUM
Description:
Internet Explorer
Exit code:
0
Version:
11.00.9600.16428 (winblue_gdr.131013-1700)
Modules
Images
c:\program files\internet explorer\iexplore.exe
c:\windows\system32\msvcrt.dll
c:\windows\system32\kernel32.dll
c:\windows\system32\ntdll.dll
c:\windows\system32\advapi32.dll
c:\windows\system32\api-ms-win-downlevel-advapi32-l1-1-0.dll
c:\windows\system32\sechost.dll
c:\windows\system32\rpcrt4.dll
c:\windows\system32\version.dll
c:\windows\system32\kernelbase.dll
Total events
38 284
Read events
38 072
Write events
208
Delete events
4

Modification events

(PID) Process:(2880) iexplore.exeKey:HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\TabbedBrowsing
Operation:writeName:NTPDaysSinceLastAutoMigration
Value:
0
(PID) Process:(2880) iexplore.exeKey:HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\TabbedBrowsing
Operation:writeName:NTPLastLaunchHighDateTime
Value:
30847387
(PID) Process:(2880) iexplore.exeKey:HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\UrlBlockManager
Operation:writeName:NextCheckForUpdateHighDateTime
Value:
30847437
(PID) Process:(2880) iexplore.exeKey:HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet Settings\5.0\Cache\Cookies
Operation:writeName:CachePrefix
Value:
Cookie:
(PID) Process:(2880) iexplore.exeKey:HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet Settings\5.0\Cache\History
Operation:writeName:CachePrefix
Value:
Visited:
(PID) Process:(2880) iexplore.exeKey:HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main
Operation:writeName:CompatibilityFlags
Value:
0
(PID) Process:(2880) iexplore.exeKey:HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet Settings\ZoneMap
Operation:writeName:ProxyBypass
Value:
1
(PID) Process:(2880) iexplore.exeKey:HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet Settings\ZoneMap
Operation:writeName:IntranetName
Value:
1
(PID) Process:(2880) iexplore.exeKey:HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet Settings\ZoneMap
Operation:writeName:UNCAsIntranet
Value:
1
(PID) Process:(2880) iexplore.exeKey:HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet Settings\ZoneMap
Operation:writeName:AutoDetect
Value:
0
Executable files
0
Suspicious files
44
Text files
56
Unknown types
30

Dropped files

PID
Process
Filename
Type
2576iexplore.exeC:\Users\admin\AppData\LocalLow\Microsoft\CryptnetUrlCache\MetaData\77EC63BDA74BD0D0E0426DC8F8008506binary
MD5:—
SHA256:—
2576iexplore.exeC:\Users\admin\AppData\LocalLow\Microsoft\CryptnetUrlCache\MetaData\57C8EDB95DF3F0AD4EE2DC2B8CFD4157binary
MD5:—
SHA256:—
2576iexplore.exeC:\Users\admin\AppData\LocalLow\Microsoft\CryptnetUrlCache\Content\65E29F41C61DED14282DBB8D026CEA20der
MD5:—
SHA256:—
2576iexplore.exeC:\Users\admin\AppData\LocalLow\Microsoft\CryptnetUrlCache\MetaData\103621DE9CD5414CC2538780B4B75751binary
MD5:—
SHA256:—
2880iexplore.exeC:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\imagestore\f7ruq93\imagestore.datbinary
MD5:—
SHA256:—
2576iexplore.exeC:\Users\admin\AppData\LocalLow\Microsoft\CryptnetUrlCache\MetaData\65E29F41C61DED14282DBB8D026CEA20binary
MD5:—
SHA256:—
2576iexplore.exeC:\Users\admin\AppData\LocalLow\Microsoft\CryptnetUrlCache\Content\57C8EDB95DF3F0AD4EE2DC2B8CFD4157compressed
MD5:F7DCB24540769805E5BB30D193944DCE
SHA256:6B88C6AC55BBD6FEA0EBE5A760D1AD2CFCE251C59D0151A1400701CB927E36EA
2576iexplore.exeC:\Users\admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Cookies\Low\0UEMDEK1.txttext
MD5:—
SHA256:—
2576iexplore.exeC:\Users\admin\AppData\LocalLow\Microsoft\CryptnetUrlCache\Content\BC2602F5489CFE3E69F81C6328A4C17C_849A9AE095E451B9FFDF6A58F3A98E26der
MD5:—
SHA256:—
2576iexplore.exeC:\Users\admin\AppData\LocalLow\Microsoft\CryptnetUrlCache\Content\77EC63BDA74BD0D0E0426DC8F8008506compressed
MD5:E71C8443AE0BC2E282C73FAEAD0A6DD3
SHA256:95B0A5ACC5BF70D3ABDFD091D0C9F9063AA4FDE65BD34DBF16786082E1992E72
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HTTP(S) requests
23
TCP/UDP connections
36
DNS requests
20
Threats
0

HTTP requests

PID
Process
Method
HTTP Code
IP
URL
CN
Type
Size
Reputation
2576
iexplore.exe
GET
302
45.56.79.23:80
http://news.com.com/?gp=1&js=1&uuid=1680342892.0063973099&other_args=eyJ1cmkiOiAiLyIsICJhcmdzIjogIiIsICJyZWZlcmVyIjogIiIsICJhY2NlcHQiOiAidGV4dC9odG1sLCBhcHBsaWNhdGlvbi94aHRtbCt4bWwsICovKiJ9
US
—
—
malicious
2576
iexplore.exe
GET
200
45.56.79.23:80
http://news.com.com/
US
compressed
21.5 Kb
malicious
2576
iexplore.exe
GET
200
192.124.249.24:80
http://ocsp.starfieldtech.com//MEQwQjBAMD4wPDAJBgUrDgMCGgUABBSLwZ6EW5gdYc9UaSEaaLjjETNtkAQUv1%2B30c7dH4b0W1Ws3NcQwg6piOcCAzkUhA%3D%3D
US
der
1.70 Kb
whitelisted
2576
iexplore.exe
GET
200
192.124.249.24:80
http://ocsp.starfieldtech.com//MEIwQDA%2BMDwwOjAJBgUrDgMCGgUABBQUwPiEZQ6%2FsVZNPaFToNfxx8ZwqAQUfAwyH6fZMH%2FEfWijYqihzqsHWycCAQc%3D
US
der
1.74 Kb
whitelisted
2576
iexplore.exe
GET
200
142.250.185.99:80
http://ocsp.pki.goog/gts1c3/MFIwUDBOMEwwSjAJBgUrDgMCGgUABBTHLnmK3f9hNLO67UdCuLvGwCQHYwQUinR%2Fr4XN7pXNPZzQ4kYU83E1HScCEQCXh%2B17FzWzVgrisikgAGpW
US
der
472 b
whitelisted
2880
iexplore.exe
GET
200
192.229.221.95:80
http://ocsp.digicert.com/MFEwTzBNMEswSTAJBgUrDgMCGgUABBTBL0V27RVZ7LBduom%2FnYB45SPUEwQU5Z1ZMIJHWMys%2BghUNoZ7OrUETfACEA%2BnRyLFPYjID1ie%2Bx%2BdSjo%3D
US
der
1.47 Kb
whitelisted
2576
iexplore.exe
GET
200
192.124.249.24:80
http://ocsp.godaddy.com//MEIwQDA%2BMDwwOjAJBgUrDgMCGgUABBQdI2%2BOBkuXH93foRUj4a7lAr4rGwQUOpqFBxBnKLbv9r0FQW4gwZTaD94CAQc%3D
US
der
1.69 Kb
whitelisted
2576
iexplore.exe
GET
200
192.124.249.24:80
http://ocsp.godaddy.com//MEowSDBGMEQwQjAJBgUrDgMCGgUABBS2CA1fbGt26xPkOKX4ZguoUjM0TgQUQMK9J47MNIMwojPX%2B2yz8LQsgM4CCQCYI13lSyP8mw%3D%3D
US
der
1.74 Kb
whitelisted
2576
iexplore.exe
GET
200
142.250.185.99:80
http://ocsp.pki.goog/gsr1/MFEwTzBNMEswSTAJBgUrDgMCGgUABBS3V7W2nAf4FiMTjpDJKg6%2BMgGqMQQUYHtmGkUNl8qJUC99BM00qP%2F8%2FUsCEHe9DWzbNvka6iEPxPBY0w0%3D
US
der
1.41 Kb
whitelisted
2576
iexplore.exe
GET
200
35.186.238.101:80
http://www6.news.com.com/px.js?ch=1&abp=1
US
text
476 b
malicious
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Connections

PID
Process
IP
Domain
ASN
CN
Reputation
2880
iexplore.exe
204.79.197.203:443
www.msn.com
MICROSOFT-CORP-MSN-AS-BLOCK
US
malicious
2880
iexplore.exe
104.80.243.160:443
go.microsoft.com
Akamai International B.V.
US
malicious
2880
iexplore.exe
20.25.53.147:443
query.prod.cms.msn.com
MICROSOFT-CORP-MSN-AS-BLOCK
US
unknown
2576
iexplore.exe
45.56.79.23:443
news.com.com
Linode, LLC
US
malicious
2576
iexplore.exe
23.37.41.57:80
x1.c.lencr.org
AKAMAI-AS
DE
suspicious
2576
iexplore.exe
2.16.186.9:80
r3.o.lencr.org
Akamai International B.V.
DE
whitelisted
2576
iexplore.exe
45.56.79.23:80
news.com.com
Linode, LLC
US
malicious
2880
iexplore.exe
45.56.79.23:80
news.com.com
Linode, LLC
US
malicious
2576
iexplore.exe
35.186.238.101:80
www6.news.com.com
GOOGLE
US
whitelisted
2576
iexplore.exe
172.217.18.4:443
www.google.com
GOOGLE
US
whitelisted

DNS requests

Domain
IP
Reputation
news.com.com
  • 45.56.79.23
  • 198.58.118.167
  • 45.33.20.235
  • 45.33.2.79
  • 45.33.23.183
  • 72.14.185.43
  • 72.14.178.174
  • 173.255.194.134
  • 45.33.18.44
  • 45.33.30.197
  • 96.126.123.244
  • 45.79.19.196
malicious
ctldl.windowsupdate.com
  • 23.216.77.80
  • 23.216.77.69
whitelisted
x1.c.lencr.org
  • 23.37.41.57
whitelisted
r3.o.lencr.org
  • 2.16.186.9
  • 2.16.186.10
  • 2.16.186.8
shared
api.bing.com
  • 13.107.5.80
whitelisted
www.bing.com
  • 204.79.197.200
  • 13.107.21.200
whitelisted
www6.news.com.com
  • 35.186.238.101
malicious
www.google.com
  • 172.217.18.4
malicious
img1.wsimg.com
  • 23.36.163.225
  • 23.36.163.228
whitelisted
ocsp.starfieldtech.com
  • 192.124.249.24
  • 192.124.249.23
  • 192.124.249.41
  • 192.124.249.22
  • 192.124.249.36
whitelisted

Threats

No threats detected
No debug info
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